Strip-marker.



l. l. SHERI-DAN & E. STEVENS.

smv MARKER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5,1914, RENEWED MAR. 4. 19l8.

' Patented Apr. 16, 1918;

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l 1.1. SHERIDAN & E. lS. STEVENS.

'smP MARKER. APPLICATION HLED FEB. S. |914. RENEWED MAR. 4. i918.

1,263,1 34. Patented Apulia, 1918.'

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'1.1. SHERIDAN & E. S. STEVENS.

STRIP'MARKER.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB.` b, 19l4. RENEWED MAR. 4,1918- 1,268,134. Patented Apr. 16,1918.

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.a1 I 23' a# TNT l JAMES J. SHEEIDAN, 0E ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, AND EDMUND s. sTEvENs, 0E wEsT PITTsToN, PENNSYLVANIA.

vSTEIE-IVLAEKEE.

Application filed February 5, '1914,v Serial No. 816,743.

and combination of parts hereinafter de` scribed and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure l of the drawings is a View inclevation of one side of our improved stripmarker.v

Fig. 2 is a view-in elevation of the oppo.

site side thereof. y y y Fig. 3 is an end view in elevation of .one of the segments of the expansible and contractible drum.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the saine. j n

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of onevof the slotted end-disks, whereby the sections of thev drum are guided in their inward and outward movements, which disk also serves as a cam for operating the marking pencil.

Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation ofthe device as Shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a central vertical section taken through the axis of the expansible and contractible drum showing the same removed from its bearing-support.

- Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the same taken on the broken line 8-8 in Fig. 7. I

Fig. 9 is a view in side elevation of the size-indicating wheel detached.

Fig. l0 is a vertical cross-section taken on the broken line 10-10 in Fig. l, showing the manner in which the'pencil-support is adjustable for different sizes of drum. i

The principal object of our invention is to automatically apply to a strip of flexible material marks at regular predetermined intervals, indicating pointsat which the strip lengths adapted for various uses.

can be severed to form sections offequal.

The apparatus shown in the drawings is` Y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16,1918.

Renewed March 4, 1918. Serial No. 220,380. y v.

be cut from the strip, and for adapting the position of the pencil to the size of ,the` drum.

Referrlng to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in vpreferred form, 1 is a,v standard having an upwardly extendingk yoke-bearing, 2, -forthe tape-measuring drum. H

Upon the body ofv the standard is rotativelyV mounted a reel, 3, which carries -a supply of tape orv binding strip, 4f, which strip passes fronithe reel, over the drum, thence to a guide, 5, from whichit may be passed directly to a sewing-machine,fnot shown, or to the operator, or elsewhere as may bedesired.` ,y Y

The drum is madev up of a plurality of segments, 6, each of which has end-portions, 7, fitting `and movable alongoppositely lo cated radial slots, 8, in the end-disks, 9, which end-disks are riveted upon a sleeve, 10, whereby they are supportedl in fixed relation to each other. c L

The sleeve, 10, is rotatively mounted upon a sleeve, 11, uponone-end of which sleeve, 11, is lixedly mounted a camedisk, 12.

A similar cam-disk, 13, is mounted upon the other end ofthe sleeve, 11, by means of' a feather, 14, Fig. 7, whereby the two carndisks are adapted tofrotate in unison with each other, while capable of a slight relative movement ytoward or from each other.

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A nut, l5, fits a' screw-threaded portion lof.

'and the sleeves 10 and 11, to all rotatetogethen' e r Y The sleeve, 11, is'mounted upon va shaft,

16, which shaft-ismounted'in bearings in .I

the yoke-frame, 2.

the follower,

other, and each of the Segments hasonl itsl opposite ends projections preferably formed b" screws, 18, thev heads or' which'are adapt# ec toenter the respective spiral grooves, 17, and forni'cam-ollo'wers The screws, 18, are so located upon the respective `segments, '6, that while thescrews of the 'various 'segments occupyv portions of, the' grooves," 1 7, at dierent distancesfrom theJ axis of thev drum, the Vstrip-engaging, sur-r4 faces of' they various segments are-located i in a' commoncircle`- concentric 'with' :the driim.

By loosening thev nut, 15, andholdingfone ofthe slotted' enddisks, 9, handiag'ainst rotation and rotating the caniidislrg'v 13,"

which carriesvwithit the camdisk, 12, the

lsegment;sere,ws, 18, canbe causedto travel toward or'iirom" the axis of the the case may be, 'whereby the segments," 6,' 'areV moved?r inward or outward tokl change the diameter of the drum.

' Whenthedrum'has'been thus adjusted to thefpr'oper *annee-r, the endo-disks a and cam-disks, 12" and "13, are clampedztghuy,

together' by means 'of the nut, 15,"`t`o`\v prevent accidental' variationv in the i' diameter tof vthe Y' .V j, lid., .,V: 4

For'marking the tape at theproper intervals, we employ an ordinary crayon? or lead! pencil, 20, attached by me'ans'of'an adjustalolel clamp', `21,"t I a bracket, 22, whichever? hangsthedrum and which is mounted upon the afp-pele-.na Ora, Slide, as, whithsiideis vertically movable in a slideway,`24, 'on'onevf` oi "thearms" of v the bearing-yoke, 2.

A coii-spring, 2,5, engages an Vangular foot, 2G, oftheslide, eatending to depress the slide 'and vtorce the"pencil, 20,' against the drum or interposedlstr'ip", "l"

A'cam-follo'wer, 27, carried bythe bracketsY 22, engages'a eam-fiange, '28, on t'heneighV "boring-slotted disl', 9,he`ing adapted rto' entetra? notch-,"BO, in'said cam-riclaiigr'eat each rotation of the drum." `v'Excej'atfat tlieiioteh,

30, the camiange,28, is of sufficient height to'wi'thhol'd the pencil, from *contaet'jwi'th,

" the drumbr strip.'

n adaptingthe' pencil for vdifterent sizes of drumgthepencil may" bejdirecay adjusted) by means ofthe damp, ai, @that the perm-i1 willifprop'erly 1 Aengage*"the strip' upon" the?A drum when the xcainlfollowerf,"' 27 the notch,30.

We prefer, however, to accomplish this adjustment'by changing the elevation fA 27, 'relatively offf the pencil, for which purpose we have shown thefollower, 27, mounted upon a spindle, 31,

formed with` a .Seresof Openings, 32, adapted '.LgheA openings, 32, are spaced apart to correspond with diameters of the drum re quired,fior,A the marking of the usual sizes of strip-section for the intended use'.-v

` To 'prevent"sl-ip between `Vthe drum and strip, we provide the respectivesegments, 6,

withv spurs, 34, adptedto'engag'ethe strip and "'cz'iise` thefstripfto' positively' rotate the drum vas theistrip o is thereoverl.

nt eine th @Parlisis dcfbedi the. Seipiis'fpuled, from@ were the drumV` eitherby the feed-movement of a? sewj operator, such feed-mevement of" Athe tape cansing the -:drum rotated, complete rotation 'of they drumfcausingf a mail'wtobe'iniade upon'the lstrip meansy ofthe pencil, 2Q`,"whic h marlsfwillfbe lequil` distant tor a: given diameter off the drum."

angular movement of V"the cam-disk@ 12 v'and 13, relativelytofthe slottedsegmentprtingldisks', 9.`

lVitli th'epieferred ormof spiral-groove which'l extends i moretha-n' once A"around circular extent of theYcam-disks, some"c,oi i'- fusion might result ifrbm"an `i`ri`dicati1ig-seale` and indexmark directly upoirzawca'ni-"Cliek aii'd'asegmentsupportiiig disk.A `To avoiav'th-is* Witwen-fw? mount eccentrically upon the cam-disk, 13, an indicating gearffwheel, 35, having? 'theI usual size-numbers upon its face, adaptedtofl plate, 372, ituated-t1iejfepoa, which' gaat@ Wheel', 35, meshes 'withfa pinion, 38,'11'1 iixedrelation' to tliefneighboriiig `Asegment-sufpporting disk, 9,' wherebyffthe:angular'or circular movement of ytheindieating wheel, 3,5-, is lless* thanthe' angular "o'r""cireu`lar' movement ofthe caiii-disk,`1`3, relatively to the segmentsupporting disk," 9,' inmthe operalA tion of adjusting the`drum""`to""the desired size g and the"ratio ofthe'ggear-wheel,

to the pinion', 38,"is' siich'tha't" all *theY sizes for iwhich the drum fis adaptedo intended can be `exhibited?within 'the single lcircular @Xrenrofthe wheel, j,

' In operation thevs'tri 4iv is drawn through the guide hythe 'eedmovexnent of a sewing` machine, uthev hand of vanv perat, or iii suitahle This "drawingor Yadvancingy o i` the" stripe from the guide moves the strip 4 ovefn drummaasrhe drum is' provided:withfspurs, the drum 'is rotatedN withthe' 'advancing 1ofthe strip. 'Thepey required peripheral length so that various lengths of the strip 4 will be required to impart a complete revolution to the drum. The drum at each revolution brings the notch 30 of the drum flange 28 opposite to or beneath the crayon support, and as soon as the notch reaches the support the spring 25 moves the crayon 20 against the strip andv marks the same as the strip is fed forwardly from the machine. The crayon 20 is again raised out of the notch 80 by the liange 28 and held in such position until the required length of strip 4L passes over the drum and imparts another complete revolution to the same.

Various adjustments of the drum result in an increase or decrease of the peripheral length of the drum and consequently the lengths of the strip 4L necessary to revolve the drum a complete revolution may be adjusted as desired.

lVhat we claim as new and desirable to secure by Letters Patent isl. In a strip marker and in combination, a drum, a holder for a marking device movable toward and from said drum, and means carried by said drum for inducing movements of the marking device toward the drum at regular intervals with relation to the circular movement of the drum and for holding the marking device away from the drum at all other times.

2. In a strip marker and in combination, a drum, a marking device, a holder for said marking device movable toward and from the drum, a cam carried by the drum, a cam follower carried by said holder and engageable with said cam, and means for adjustably varying the relative distance from the drum of said cam follower and said marking device.

3. In a strip-marker and in combination, a drum having a plurality of expansible and contractible segments; means for securing the segments in selected positions of adjustment; a marking-device; a holder for said marking-device movable toward and from the drum; a cam carried by the drum; a cam-follower carried by said holder engageable with said cam; and means for adjustably varying the relative distances from the drum of said cam-follower and said marking device.

4. In a strip-marker and in combination, a drum of variable diameter; a marking-device; a holder for said marking-device movable toward and from the drum; a cam carried by the drum; and a cam-follower adjustably mounted upon said holder in engagement with said cam whereby the normal distance of the holder from the drum can be varied.

5. In a strip-marker and in combination, a pair of radially slotted end-disks adapted to rotate in unison with each other, one having a peripheral cam; a plurality of drum-segments each engageable with oppositely disposed slots in the respective enddisks; a pair of cam-disks. adapted to rotate in unison with each other concentrically with, but independently of, said end-disks, said cam-disks being formed with oppositely disposed cam-grooves and said drum-segments having camfollowers engageable with the respective cam-grooves; releasable means for securing said cam-disks and said end-disks together; a marking-device; a holder for said markingdevice movable toward and from the drum formed by said segments; a cam follower mountedv on said'holder adapted to engage the peripheral cam on the end-disk; and means for adjustably varying the relative distance from the drum of said cam-follower and said marking-device.

6. In a strip-marker and in combination, a pair of radially slotted end-disks adapted to rotate in unison with each other, one having a peripheral cam; a plurality of drum-segments each engageable with oppositely disposed slots in the respective enoldisks; a pair of cam-disks adapted to rotate in unison with each other concentrically with, but independently of, said end-disks, said cam-disks being formed with oppositely disposed cam-grooves and said drum segments having cam-followers engageable with the respective cam-grooves; releasablemeans for securing said cam-disks and said end-disks together, a marking-device; a holder for said marking-device movable toward and from the drum formed by said segments; a camfollower mounted on said holder adapted to engage the peripheral cam on the end-disk; and a cam-follower adjustably mounted upon said holder in engagement `with said cam, whereby the normal distance of the holder from the drum can be varied.

7. A strip marker comprising a drum adapted to receive the strip and be turned thereby; a crayon supported at one side of the drum and adapted to engage the strip at each predetermined advancement of the drum, and means for increasing and decreasing the peripheral length of the drum by adjustment of the drum itself to vary the distance between marks of the strip.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of January, 1914.

JAMES J. SHERIDAN. EDMUND S. STEVENS. Witnesses:

L. S. BAILEY, J. F. LA RUE.

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